The Struggle to Bust Free from Staffing Stasis

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This summer, hospitals across the state took a few more big steps toward implementing Washington’s safer staffing law, a union member-led measure to help nurses deliver the level of care their patients deserve.  

At St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale, WA, medical-surgical nurse Meredith Francisco, who served on the new staffing committee, says the process worked out well enough. However, as many of us suspected when the landmark legislation passed in 2023, she and other nurses see room for improvement. Workers also voice serious concerns about loopholes that hospital managers already appear to be exploiting.  

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UFCW 3000 Member Speaks Out: “Our Communities Benefit When People Are Fed and Healthy”

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UFCW 3000 Member Speaks Out: “Our Communities Benefit When People Are Fed and Healthy”

Earlier this month, UFCW 3000 member Richard Talbot, a grocery worker at Fred Meyer #25 in Bellingham, joined Washington Congresswoman Suzan DelBene and a group of SNAP recipients, food bank staff, educators, and community advocates at the Arlington Community Food Bank to talk about the devastating cuts to nutrition assistance in the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB).

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Member Story: After Confronting Management Over Armed Robberies, Members Continue Fight for Safer Safeway

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Member Story: After Confronting Management Over Armed Robberies, Members Continue Fight for Safer Safeway

Working the self-checkout area ranks as one of the toughest jobs in our grocery stores, mostly because running these departments with skeleton crews forces cashiers to serve multiple customers and to deal with multiple problems at the same time. The working conditions are more than just frustrating—they can be dangerous, too.

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Member Story: Workers Across the Country Are Under Attack. Here’s How to Fight Back

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Member Story: Workers Across the Country Are Under Attack. Here’s How to Fight Back

In the face of mass dismissals in the public and private sectors, plus a new federal administration bent on stripping away workers’ rights, it can be hard to know how best to protect ourselves, our families, and our communities. But in an article for The Chronicle, Steven Trifft, an environmental services worker at Providence Centralia Health Center, lays out a pretty convincing path forward…

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UFCW 3000 Member Story: Coleen Dahlman

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Coleen Dahlman holds a deep passion for helping her community.  At work, her passion drives her as a CT Tech—a trained imaging specialist doctors depend on to diagnose patients—in the Radiology Department for Kaiser Permanente Olympia Medical Center. Outside of work Coleen loves to quilt and donates her quilts to people in her community and coworkers.

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UFCW 3000 Member Story: Rebecca Ashley & Gena Galusha

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UFCW 3000 Member Story: Rebecca Ashley & Gena Galusha

With the rising costs of living, many people are watching every penny and every paycheck, budgeting with dwindling means and having to choose what necessities to prioritize. Unions are in the fight for improving living conditions through better wages and benefits. Two UFCW 3000 grocery store members recently experienced the benefits of their union backing when they discovered issues with their pay.

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UFCW 3000 Member Story: Erika Bolser

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UFCW 3000 Member Story: Erika Bolser

Erika Bolser has worked as a medical assistant with Skagit Regional Health’s urgent care at station square for over 7 years and been involved as a shop steward since 2018. For Erika one of the most important things she does is to welcome new hires to the union and make sure they know their rights under the contract.

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UFCW 3000 Member Story: Twin City Foods Bargaining Team

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UFCW 3000 Member Story: Twin City Foods Bargaining Team

Six out of the Seven Bargaining Committee members had never sat at a bargaining table before, and this is only the second contract fight for the workers at Twin City Foods (TCF).

Seis de los siete miembros del Comité de Negociación nunca se habían sentado en una mesa de negociaciones antes, y esta es solo la segunda lucha contractual para los trabajadores de Twin City Foods (TCF).

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UFCW 3000 Member Story: Madison Chitwood

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UFCW 3000 Member Story: Madison Chitwood

I have been with the Silverdale Safeway since 2020 working in different departments all over the store. Recently I have stepped up and taken the role of Shop Stewart at my store, because I believe my coworkers should be informed and updated on our next Contract Negotiations in 2025.  

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